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THE
EAST
HAMPTON
STAR,
EAST
HAMPTON,
N.Y.,
FEBRUARY
1,1979
FIVE
Eileen
Bock
668-2298
The
H.J.
Stotter
Company
has
come
out
with
five
sets
of
barware
acces­
sories
designed
by
Gucki
Mulally
Sam-
owich
of
Surfside
Avenue.
They
were
introduced
at
the
Atlantic
City,
N.J.,
gift
and
tableware
show
in
January.
Councilman’s
Office
Jack
Dickinson
of
South
Fairview
Avenue,
whom
the
Town
Board
re­
cently
appointed
to
fill
its
vacant
Councilman's
seat,
has
opened
an
office
in
Montauk,
where
he
will
be
available
to
the
public
on
Tuesday,
Thursday,
and
Saturday
mornings.
The
office
is
on
the
second
floor
of
the
“security
building,”
opposite
the
Montauk
Improvement
tower
on
the
Circle.
Mr.
Dickinson
can
be
reached
by
phone
there
or,
at
other
times,
through
the
Councilmen’s
office
in
Town
Hall.
The
Audubon
Artist
Society
recent­
ly
awarded
a
gold
medal
of
honor
to
artist
Maxwell
Desser
of
New
York
and
Montauk
for
an
acrylic
painting
in
his
“Music
Series”
titled
“Andante.”;
The
painting
is
part
of
an
exhibit
cur­
rently
being
shown
at
the
National
Academy
Gallery
in
New
York
City.
Fourteen
boys
of
the
Boy
Scout
Troop
136
braved
the
wet
weather
last
Friday
to
trek
through
the
woods
and
pitch
tents
for
a
weekend
camping
trip.
The
weather
turned
favorable
on
Sat­
urday
allowing
the
group
to
hike,
track
wildlife,
and
learn
about
conservation.
Public
School
Last
Friday
the
kindergarten
class
of
Montauk
Public
School
celebrated
the
Chinese
New
Year
with
song,
dance,
and
traditional
food.
Wearing
kimonos
made
from
men’s
shirts
the
children
entertained
their
mothers
with
such
dances
as
“China
Doll”
and
a
short
dance
play
titled
“Brother
Chang
and
Brother
Chou.”
Each
stud­
ent
also
gave
a
brief
recitation
about
the
Chinese
New
Year
and
what
“The
Year
of
the
Ram”
meant.
Mothers
and
children
ate
tangerines
for
“good
health
and
prosperity,”
according
to
their
kindergarten
teacher,
Peggy
Joyce.
The
Montauk
Parent
Teacher
Asso­
ciation
will
meet
at
the
School
Tuesday
night
at
8
p.m.
The
topic
of
the
evening
will
be
the
new
math
lab.
feature
movie
Saturday
at
the
Mon­
tauk
Public
School.
The
film,
titled
“Mystery
Island,”
is
the
second
spon­
sored
by
the
Parent
Teacher
Associa­
tion
in
its
experimental
program
to
bring
movies
to
Montauk
during
the
winter
months.
A
donation
of
$1
is
requested,
and
children
from
the
third
grade
up
will
be
admitted.
Show
time
is
2
p.m.
in
the
School's
portable
class­
room.
Catholic
Celebration
The
Little
Flower
School
will
be
open
to
the
public
beginning
Monday
for
one
week.
The
School
is
celebrating
“Catholic
School
Week,”
a
national
e-
vent.
During
the
week
there
will
be
various
activities
in
which
the
public
can
participate.
On
Monday,
junior
high
students
will
unveil
large
wood-
carved
maps
of
New
York
State
and
Long
Island
which
they
made
in
their
wood-working
class.
The
week
will
be
highlighted
on
Thursday
with
a
special
liturgy
cele­
brated
by
Rev.
Thomas
Gallagher,
Rockville
Centre
Diocesan
Superin­
tendent
of
Schools.
Discuss
Contract
Before
going
into
executive
session
last
Thursday
evening
the
Montauk
School
Board
held
a
brief
public
meet­
ing
during
which
Florence
Tuthill,
treasurer,
was
complimented
for
the
“excellent
job”
she
did
in
keeping
the
District’s
finance
records.
The
books
were
recently
audited
by
the
State.
The
executive
session
was
held
for
the
purpose
of
discussing
a
new
con­
tract
with
the
District’s
teachers,
it
was
announced.
A
first,
informal
meet­
ing
between
the
Board
and
teachers’
representatives
had
been
held
in
early
December
arid
the
teachers’
requests
concerning
a
new
contract
were
sub­
mitted
on
Jan.
8.
The
current
contract
will
run
out
in
June.
Another
matter
discussed
at
the
public
session
was
the
progress
of
the
School’s
math
lab,
which
is
expected
to
be
in
operation
by
Feb.
26,
the
first
day
after
winter
recess.
Interviews
for
two
teacher’s
aides
who
will
be
working
in
the
lab
are
being
conducted
this
week.
Some
50
students
will
participate
in
the
special
program
established
with
Title
One
funds.
A
Jules
Verne
adventure
will
be
the
Other
Matters
Frederic
Philley,
District
Principal,
reported
on
a
State
mandate
which
re­
quires
schools
to
provide
an
annual
screening
of
students
from
age
11
through
16
years
for
scoliosis
—
a
lat­
eral
curvature
of
the
spine.
Mr.
Philley
also
presented
the
Board
with
a
timetable
of
meetings
and
gen­
eral
things
to
be
done
before
the
Board’s
annual
meeting
scheduled
for
May
1.
Several
budget
work
sessions
are
listed
in
anticipation
for
a
School
budget
to
be
available
for
public
re­
view
on
April
24.
Eileen
Bock
Drop
Charges
Misdemeanor
charges
against
three
of
four
Montauk
youths
allegedly
in­
volved
in
an
assault
on
Armand
DeRose,
former
chairman
of
the
Town
Planning
Board,
last
July
have
been
dropped
for
“lack
of
evidence.”
The
charges
against
Tiernan
Crow­
ley,
Gavin
Neff,
and
William
Dennis
were
dismissed
in
Town
Justice
Court
last
Thursday
by
Justice
Sheppard
Frood
on
motions
by
the
prosecuting
attorney,
Donald
Byrne.
At
the
same
time,
Justice
Frood
postponed,
once
again,
the
hearing
of
the
charges
against
the
fourth
defendant,
Terence
Quinn.
The
latter’s
case
is
now
sched­
uled
for
a
pre-trial
conference
in
Jus­
tice
Court
on
Feb.
22.
The
alleged
assault,
according
to
Mr.
DeRose,
took
place
shortly
after
mid­
night
July
27
near
The
Circle
in
Mon­
tauk.
The
Town
Police
reported
that
Mr.
DeRose
told
them
that
four
youths
had
blocked
the
path
of
his
car
and
jumped
him,
punching
him
in
the
face
and
breaking
a
beer
bottle
over
his
head,
when
he
emerged
from
his
car.
Another
Version
The
police
also
reported
that
the
Quinn
youth,
who
was
17
at
the
time,
and
who
was
arrested
and
charged
with
assault
third
degree,
said
it
was
Mr.
DeRose
who
had
started
the
fight.
He
claimed
Mr.
DeRose
jumped
out
of
his
car
and
started
choking
him
after
Mr.
DeRose
had
been
“flagged
down”
for
driving
too
fast.
Mr.
DeRose,
who
has
since
moved
from
this
area,
was
not
present
in
court
last
week.
However,
James
Berlinger,
a
Montauk
attorney
hired
by
Mr.
DeRose
to
look
in
on
the
proceedings,
was
present,
and
he
objected
strongly
to
the
dismissal
of
the
charges
against
three
of
the
youths.
There
was
evi­
dence
that
the
Crowley,
Neff,
and
Den­
nis
youths
were
involved
in
the
inci­
dent,
Mr.
Berlinger
claimed.
“The
police
came
up
with
their
three
names
based
on
some
evidence,
and
I
have
a
right
to
a
trial
to
have
that
evi­
dence
brought
out,”
Mr.
Berlinger
said
to
Justice
Frood.
Moved
Away
He
added
that
he
needed
a
one-week
adjournment
of
the
trial,
however,
be­
cause
he
personally
did
not
practice
criminal
law
and
wanted
time
to
find
another
lawyer
to
represent
Mr.
De­
Rose.
Mr.
Berlinger
also
needed
time
to
get
Mr.
DeRose
back
into
Town.
He
said
later
that
he
had
told
the
com­
plainant,
who
now
lives
in
New
York,
not
to
come
to
court
last
week
because
he
was
sure
the
request
for
a
one-week
adjournment
would
be
granted.
When
the
request
was
denied
by
Mr.
Frood,
Mr.
Berlinger
demanded
the
court
record
reflect
the
“many”
ad­
journments
granted
the
defense
and
the
public
prosecutor,
including
the
latest
adjournment,
granted
the
same
day
Mr.
Berlinger’s
only
request
for
adjournment
was
denied.
After
last
week’s
day
in
court,
Mr.
Berlinger
admitted
in
a
phone
conver­
sation
that
Mr.
DeRose
could
not
iden­
tify
the
three
against
whom
charges
were
dropped
as
three
of
the
four
youths
present
when
he
was
attacked.
It
was
the
Quinn
youth
who
had
actu­
ally
been
fighting
with
Mr.
De
Rose,
Mr.
Berlinger
said,
and
he
was
the
only
one
Mr.
DeRose
was
able
to
identify.
Statements
Mr.
DeRose
signed
complaints
against
the
other
three,
Mr.
Berlinger
continued,
based
on
statements
the
de­
fendant
made
to
the
police
after
he
was
arrested,
giving
police
the
names
of
the
other
three,
Mr.
Berlinger
said.
It
was
that
“evidence”
that
he
wanted
to
bring
out
in
court,
he
added.
^
The
reason
he
had
insisted
that
all
four
defendants
be
brought
to
trial,
Mr.
Berlinger
said,
was
not
because
Mr.
DeRose
was
“intent
on
putting
all
the
kids
in
jail.”
In
fact,
he
believed
the
charges
should
eventually
be
dropped
against
the
Crowley,
Neff,
and
Dennis
youths.
First,
however,
Mr.
Berlinger
said
he
wanted
it
shown,
through
sworn
testimony,
that
the
other
three
defendants
were
identified
as
persons
at
the
scene
of
the
alleged
assault.
Then,
Mr.
Berlinger
said,
Mr.
De­
Rose
would
be
protected
should
any
of
the
three
youths
decide
to
bring
a
civil
suit
against
him
for
false
arrest.
“By
dismissing
the
charges
in
the
fashion
they
did
[in
a
summary
proceeding]
they
left
DeRose
open
to
such
a
civil
suit,”
Mr.
Berlinger
complained.
Question
“Why
did
it
have
to
be
done
in
sum­
mary
proceeding?
Why
couldn’t
there
have
been
a
trial?”
Mr.
Berlinger
asked
rhetorically.
Mr.
Byrne,
who
is
an
assistant
Dis­
trict
Attorney,
would
not
comment
on
Mr.
Berlinger’s
statements
when
fin­
ally
reached
by
phone
yesterday
be­
cause
of
recent
stories
and
an
editorial
in
the
Star
which
he
termed
“shoddy.”
He
was
referring
to
the
Star’s
cover­
age
and
comment
on
court
proceedings
against
Riccardio
Smith,
a
juvenile
who
spent
a
week
in
jail
after
being
ar­
rested
for
an
alleged
theft
of
$2.
Mr.
Byrne
also
said
he
would
not
comment
since
the
case
against
one
of
the
four
youths
charged
by
Mr.
DeRose
was
still
unresolved.
At
the
conference
last
week,
though,
he
said
his
motions
for
dismissal
of
the
charges
against
three
of
the
four
were
made
because
he
had
seen
no
evidence
against
any
of
them.
He
did
not
have
a
prima
facie
case
against
them,
he
said.
Justice
Frood,
in
granting
the
mo­
tions
for
dismissal,
also
commented,
“The
court
can
do
nothing
but
dismiss
these
cases.”
Mr.
Berlinger,
who
described
himself
as
“outraged”
over
the
actions
of
Jus­
tice
Frood
and
Mr.
Byrne,
said
he
would
seek
an
investigation
of
the
Court
if
Mr.
DeRose
wanted
him
to.
“It
could
lead
to
the
office
of
the
DA
and
to
the
Judicial
Conference,”
he
said.
One
of
the
things
he
intends
to
look
into
further,
he
said,
was
why
certain
papers
that
were
supposed
to
be
in
the
Court
files
were
apparently
not
there,
a
question
he
also
raised
for
the
record
last
week.
Mr.
Berlinger
said
that
the
complaints
filed
against
the
Neff,
Crowley,
and
Dennis
youths,
each
stated
that
the
facts
in
connection
with
the
complaints
were
enumerated
on
an
attached
sheet.
Nothing,
however,
was
SWORN
IN:
Officers
of
the
Montauk
Fire
Department
took
their
oaths
of
office
recently.
From
left,
Thomas
Grenci,
second
assistant
Chief;
Craig
Tuthill,
Chief;
and
Anthony
Janssen,
first
assistant
Chief.
Eileen
Bock
attached,
Mr.
Berlinger
said,
or
could
be
found
anywhere
else
in
the
files.
Meanwhile...
Other
cases
on
last
Thursday’s
Court
calendar
were
treated
as
follows:
A
charge
of
disorderly
conduct
a-
gainst
George
J.
Seacord
of
Hand's
Creek
Road,
East
Hampton,
was
dis­
missed
“in
the
interest
of
justice.”
He
also
appeared
on
11
traffic
charges,
pleaded
guilty
to
four
of
them
while
the
rest
were
dismissed,
and
was
fined
$60.
Christine
A.
Durosky
of
White
Street,
Southampton,
pleaded
guilty
to
disorderly
conduct
and
was
fined
$50.
Unrelated
charges
of
third-degree
as­
sault
against
Anthony
J.
Buccola
of
Forest
Drive,
Plain
view,
and
Scott
Bertrand
of
Seven
Ponds
Road,
Water
Mill,
were
dismissed
because
the
com­
plainants
did
not
show
up
in
Court.
“Without
Prejudice”
The
dismissals
were
“without
preju­
dice,
meaning
the
cases
can
be
re­
opened
if
the
complainants
do
turn
up.
Charges
of
third-degree
assault
and
second-degree
trespass
against
Alex
Bourne
of
North
Main
Street,
East
Hampton,
were
withdrawn
by
the
com­
plainant,
Richard
LaFrance.
Robert
E.
Conte
of
South
Endicott
Terrace,
Montauk,
charged
with
crim­
inal
possession
of
marijuana
in
the
fifth
degree,
was
fined
$100.
Eric
C.
Stoltze
III
of
South
Pond
Road,
East
Hampton,
charged
with
the
lesser
offense
of
un­
lawful
possession
of
marijuana,
was
granted
a
30-day
adjournment
with
contemplation
of
dismissal.
A
charge
of
issuing
a
bad
check
filed
against
Kevin
G.
Upton
of
Orleans
Road,
Valley
Stream,
was
dismissed
because
he
had
made
restitution.
At
the
previous
week’s
Court
ses­
sion,
on
Jan.
18,
a
defendant
who
had
been
charged
with
possession
of
a
hy­
podermic
instrument
and
fifth-degree
criminal
possession
of
marijuana,
Claire
Lyons
of
Second
House
Road,
pleaded
guilty
to
reduced
charges
of
disorderly
conduct.
She
was
sentenced
to
15
days
in
the
County
Jail.
Charges
Reduced
At
felony
hearings
on
charges
of
third-degree
grand
larceny
and
burg­
lary
against
John
F.
O’Dea
of
Montauk
and
Sherman
P.
Perry
of
North
Main
Street,
these
were
reduced
to
mis­
demeanor
charges
of
petty
larceny
and
criminal
trespass
and
adjourned
for
later
hearings.
A
third-degree
burg­
lary
charge
against
Megan
T.
Rooney
of
Spring
Close
Highway,
East
Hamp­
ton,
was
also
reduced
to
second-degree
criminal
trespass
and
adjourned.
Two
defendants
who
had
been
ar­
rested
on
charges
of
driving
while
in­
toxicated,
Jonathan
W.
Schults
of
131
Riverside
Drive,
New
York,
and
Peter
F.
Reichart
of
Harbor
Boulevard,
East
Hampton,
were
granted
discharges
on
condition
they
attend
a
series
of
State-
run
drivers’
classes.

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THE EAST HAMPTON STAR, EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., FEBRUARY 1,1979 FIVE Eileen Bock 668-2298 The H.J. Stotter Company has come out with five sets of barware acces­ sories designed by Gucki Mulally Sam- owich of Surfside Avenue. They were introduced at the Atlantic City, N.J., gift and tableware show in January. Councilman’s Office Jack Dickinson of South Fairview Avenue, whom the Town Board re­ cently appointed to fill its vacant Councilman's seat, has opened an office in Montauk, where he will be available to the public on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings. The office is on the second floor of the “security building,” opposite the Montauk Improvement tower on the Circle. Mr. Dickinson can be reached by phone there or, at other times, through the Councilmen’s office in Town Hall. The Audubon Artist Society recent­ ly awarded a gold medal of honor to artist Maxwell Desser of New York and Montauk for an acrylic painting in his “Music Series” titled “Andante.”; The painting is part of an exhibit cur­ rently being shown at the National Academy Gallery in New York City. Fourteen boys of the Boy Scout Troop 136 braved the wet weather last Friday to trek through the woods and pitch tents for a weekend camping trip. The weather turned favorable on Sat­ urday allowing the group to hike, track wildlife, and learn about conservation. Public School Last Friday the kindergarten class of Montauk Public School celebrated the Chinese New Year with song, dance, and traditional food. Wearing kimonos made from men’s shirts the children entertained their mothers with such dances as “China Doll” and a short dance play titled “Brother Chang and Brother Chou.” Each stud­ ent also gave a brief recitation about the Chinese New Year and what “The Year of the Ram” meant. Mothers and children ate tangerines for “good health and prosperity,” according to their kindergarten teacher, Peggy Joyce. The Montauk Parent Teacher Asso­ ciation will meet at the School Tuesday night at 8 p.m. The topic of the evening will be the new math lab. feature movie Saturday at the Mon­ tauk Public School. The film, titled “Mystery Island,” is the second spon­ sored by the Parent Teacher Associa­ tion in its experimental program to bring movies to Montauk during the winter months. A donation of $1 is requested, and children from the third grade up will be admitted. Show time is 2 p.m. in the School's portable class­ room. Catholic Celebration The Little Flower School will be open to the public beginning Monday for one week. The School is celebrating “Catholic School Week,” a national e- vent. During the week there will be various activities in which the public can participate. On Monday, junior high students will unveil large wood- carved maps of New York State and Long Island which they made in their wood-working class. The week will be highlighted on Thursday with a special liturgy cele­ brated by Rev. Thomas Gallagher, Rockville Centre Diocesan Superin­ tendent of Schools. Discuss Contract Before going into executive session last Thursday evening the Montauk School Board held a brief public meet­ ing during which Florence Tuthill, treasurer, was complimented for the “excellent job” she did in keeping the District’s finance records. The books were recently audited by the State. The executive session was held for the purpose of discussing a new con­ tract with the District’s teachers, it was announced. A first, informal meet­ ing between the Board and teachers’ representatives had been held in early December arid the teachers’ requests concerning a new contract were sub­ mitted on Jan. 8. The current contract will run out in June. Another matter discussed at the public session was the progress of the School’s math lab, which is expected to be in operation by Feb. 26, the first day after winter recess. Interviews for two teacher’s aides who will be working in the lab are being conducted this week. Some 50 students will participate in the special program established with Title One funds. A Jules Verne adventure will be the Other Matters Frederic Philley, District Principal, reported on a State mandate which re­ quires schools to provide an annual screening of students from age 11 through 16 years for scoliosis — a lat­ eral curvature of the spine. Mr. Philley also presented the Board with a timetable of meetings and gen­ eral things to be done before the Board’s annual meeting scheduled for May 1. Several budget work sessions are listed in anticipation for a School budget to be available for public re­ view on April 24. Eileen Bock Drop Charges Misdemeanor charges against three of four Montauk youths allegedly in­ volved in an assault on Armand DeRose, former chairman of the Town Planning Board, last July have been dropped for “lack of evidence.” The charges against Tiernan Crow­ ley, Gavin Neff, and William Dennis were dismissed in Town Justice Court last Thursday by Justice Sheppard Frood on motions by the prosecuting attorney, Donald Byrne. At the same time, Justice Frood postponed, once again, the hearing of the charges against the fourth defendant, Terence Quinn. The latter’s case is now sched­ uled for a pre-trial conference in Jus­ tice Court on Feb. 22. The alleged assault, according to Mr. DeRose, took place shortly after mid­ night July 27 near The Circle in Mon­ tauk. The Town Police reported that Mr. DeRose told them that four youths had blocked the path of his car and jumped him, punching him in the face and breaking a beer bottle over his head, when he emerged from his car. Another Version The police also reported that the Quinn youth, who was 17 at the time, and who was arrested and charged with assault third degree, said it was Mr. DeRose who had started the fight. He claimed Mr. DeRose jumped out of his car and started choking him after Mr. DeRose had been “flagged down” for driving too fast. Mr. DeRose, who has since moved from this area, was not present in court last week. However, James Berlinger, a Montauk attorney hired by Mr. DeRose to look in on the proceedings, was present, and he objected strongly to the dismissal of the charges against three of the youths. There was evi­ dence that the Crowley, Neff, and Den­ nis youths were involved in the inci­ dent, Mr. Berlinger claimed. “The police came up with their three names based on some evidence, and I have a right to a trial to have that evi­ dence brought out,” Mr. Berlinger said to Justice Frood. Moved Away He added that he needed a one-week adjournment of the trial, however, be­ cause he personally did not practice criminal law and wanted time to find another lawyer to represent Mr. De­ Rose. Mr. Berlinger also needed time to get Mr. DeRose back into Town. He said later that he had told the com­ plainant, who now lives in New York, not to come to court last week because he was sure the request for a one-week adjournment would be granted. When the request was denied by Mr. Frood, Mr. Berlinger demanded the court record reflect the “many” ad­ journments granted the defense and the public prosecutor, including the latest adjournment, granted the same day Mr. Berlinger’s only request for adjournment was denied. After last week’s day in court, Mr. Berlinger admitted in a phone conver­ sation that Mr. DeRose could not iden­ tify the three against whom charges were dropped as three of the four youths present when he was attacked. It was the Quinn youth who had actu­ ally been fighting with Mr. De Rose, Mr. Berlinger said, and he was the only one Mr. DeRose was able to identify. Statements Mr. DeRose signed complaints against the other three, Mr. Berlinger continued, based on statements the de­ fendant made to the police after he was arrested, giving police the names of the other three, Mr. Berlinger said. It was that “evidence” that he wanted to bring out in court, he added. ^ The reason he had insisted that all four defendants be brought to trial, Mr. Berlinger said, was not because Mr. DeRose was “intent on putting all the kids in jail.” In fact, he believed the charges should eventually be dropped against the Crowley, Neff, and Dennis youths. First, however, Mr. Berlinger said he wanted it shown, through sworn testimony, that the other three defendants were identified as persons at the scene of the alleged assault. Then, Mr. Berlinger said, Mr. De­ Rose would be protected should any of the three youths decide to bring a civil suit against him for false arrest. “By dismissing the charges in the fashion they did [in a summary proceeding] they left DeRose open to such a civil suit,” Mr. Berlinger complained. Question “Why did it have to be done in sum­ mary proceeding? Why couldn’t there have been a trial?” Mr. Berlinger asked rhetorically. Mr. Byrne, who is an assistant Dis­ trict Attorney, would not comment on Mr. Berlinger’s statements when fin­ ally reached by phone yesterday be­ cause of recent stories and an editorial in the Star which he termed “shoddy.” He was referring to the Star’s cover­ age and comment on court proceedings against Riccardio Smith, a juvenile who spent a week in jail after being ar­ rested for an alleged theft of $2. Mr. Byrne also said he would not comment since the case against one of the four youths charged by Mr. DeRose was still unresolved. At the conference last week, though, he said his motions for dismissal of the charges against three of the four were made because he had seen no evidence against any of them. He did not have a prima facie case against them, he said. Justice Frood, in granting the mo­ tions for dismissal, also commented, “The court can do nothing but dismiss these cases.” Mr. Berlinger, who described himself as “outraged” over the actions of Jus­ tice Frood and Mr. Byrne, said he would seek an investigation of the Court if Mr. DeRose wanted him to. “It could lead to the office of the DA and to the Judicial Conference,” he said. One of the things he intends to look into further, he said, was why certain papers that were supposed to be in the Court files were apparently not there, a question he also raised for the record last week. Mr. Berlinger said that the complaints filed against the Neff, Crowley, and Dennis youths, each stated that the facts in connection with the complaints were enumerated on an attached sheet. Nothing, however, was SWORN IN: Officers of the Montauk Fire Department took their oaths of office recently. From left, Thomas Grenci, second assistant Chief; Craig Tuthill, Chief; and Anthony Janssen, first assistant Chief. Eileen Bock attached, Mr. Berlinger said, or could be found anywhere else in the files. Meanwhile... Other cases on last Thursday’s Court calendar were treated as follows: A charge of disorderly conduct a- gainst George J. Seacord of Hand's Creek Road, East Hampton, was dis­ missed “in the interest of justice.” He also appeared on 11 traffic charges, pleaded guilty to four of them while the rest were dismissed, and was fined $60. Christine A. Durosky of White Street, Southampton, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $50. Unrelated charges of third-degree as­ sault against Anthony J. Buccola of Forest Drive, Plain view, and Scott Bertrand of Seven Ponds Road, Water Mill, were dismissed because the com­ plainants did not show up in Court. “Without Prejudice” The dismissals were “without preju­ dice, meaning the cases can be re­ opened if the complainants do turn up. Charges of third-degree assault and second-degree trespass against Alex Bourne of North Main Street, East Hampton, were withdrawn by the com­ plainant, Richard LaFrance. Robert E. Conte of South Endicott Terrace, Montauk, charged with crim­ inal possession of marijuana in the fifth degree, was fined $100. Eric C. Stoltze III of South Pond Road, East Hampton, charged with the lesser offense of un­ lawful possession of marijuana, was granted a 30-day adjournment with contemplation of dismissal. A charge of issuing a bad check filed against Kevin G. Upton of Orleans Road, Valley Stream, was dismissed because he had made restitution. At the previous week’s Court ses­ sion, on Jan. 18, a defendant who had been charged with possession of a hy­ podermic instrument and fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana, Claire Lyons of Second House Road, pleaded guilty to reduced charges of disorderly conduct. She was sentenced to 15 days in the County Jail. Charges Reduced At felony hearings on charges of third-degree grand larceny and burg­ lary against John F. O’Dea of Montauk and Sherman P. Perry of North Main Street, these were reduced to mis­ demeanor charges of petty larceny and criminal trespass and adjourned for later hearings. A third-degree burg­ lary charge against Megan T. Rooney of Spring Close Highway, East Hamp­ ton, was also reduced to second-degree criminal trespass and adjourned. Two defendants who had been ar­ rested on charges of driving while in­ toxicated, Jonathan W. Schults of 131 Riverside Drive, New York, and Peter F. Reichart of Harbor Boulevard, East Hampton, were granted discharges on condition they attend a series of State- run drivers’ classes.